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"Everyone is numb with shock," he said.

"It's a terrible tragedy for that family and for the whole community.”

It's a terrible tragedy for that family and for the whole community

Fianna Fail cllr Pat Fitzpatrick

He said the area is "largely agricultural-based" and that "everyone knows everyone" in such a rural place.

The child’s death brings to 15 the number of people killed on Irish farms so far in 2017, and comes on the same day that the HAS updated its farm safety Code of Practice for the first time in 11 years.

According to a recent study, the vast majority of farm deaths in Ireland have been associated with vehicles and machinery.

Earlier this week, a farmer in his 50s died in Labasheeda area of Clare after he was knocked into a slurry pit by his tractor.